Compulsory Voting - How much time in prison should people get for "Failure To Vote"

[MADem]

28. This could only work if there's a NONE OF THE ABOVE option.

I know we have "write in" but there needs to be something besides that saying "I hate them all," in essence.

Also, voting needs to be as easy as keying in a voter ID number and a few verifiable details on a computer or even a phone, without having to stand in line. It needs to be easier than using Turbo Tax Short Form. It has to impose such a light burden as to almost not be a burden at all, if we're to exact consequences for not complying. And that system has to be lock-tight, no BS, verifiably, absolutely secure.

This would be a paradigm shift for USA, too. I don't know if I like the idea of forcing people to participate. If we'd had that as a part of our culture from the beginning, that would be one thing--but we haven't had that kind of mindset at all.

Sometimes, I think that the people who aren't smart enough to realize they should vote, by not voting, are doing us a service.

I like Big Papi as a baseball player, but he came in THIRD in the mayoral race in Boston as a write-in--would I like him as the guy running city hall? We'd see that kind of thing writ large if we demanded that everyone vote.